I've seen 'cursed locations' turned around by the right people. But those aren't the type of people who think "an internationally themed sports bar with a monthly changing menu" is a great idea. I wonder what great concept' they'll come up with next: maybe a kid-friendly atmosphere with 'elevated' Irish cuisine? An Italian bistro meets sushi bar, those are both popular, right?

This glorious chain of information should really have a trigger warning. At a bar in Milan and I had to stop myself from reading the whole thing yet again. Do not go quietly into that dark thread, buddy. I had a flashback to playing Wii baseball with my brother there this time before I stopped myself...

Part of the curse of that corner seems to be not a "somebody strangled an indian chief to death and pissed on his corpse in this very spot" kind of curse, but rather a curse of thinking that something that would go over successfully in Crystal Lake or Elburn would go over as well in Lincoln Square.